Home, Sweet Home

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We departed Augusta around 8:00 AM heading South to get GA SR 16 instead of taking
I-20 to Atlanta. It was a nice ride through the countryside of Georgia going through towns I have not been through before. It was not new to Alan as he had lived in Augusta for five years and had taken this route before. The skies were clear when we departed Augusta, but shortly after getting on the road, the weather threatened rain. Finally, around Eatonton, GA it started raining and we rode a short time in the rain.

We arrived in Peachtree City around 1:00 PM completing our trip of 24 days, almost 6300 miles and traveling through 15 states (GA, NC, SC, VA, MD, PA, NJ, MA, CT, NY, VT, NH, ME, RI, DE) and three Canadian Provinces (New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia).

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We started each day with devotions and prayer and asking for God's guidance and protection as we traveled. Here are some examples of God's intervention and answered prayers.

- Day 2: As Alan and I was taking a Scenic Byway along the Delaware River in New

Jersey, we became lost and it took us about 3 hours to go 40 miles. Later,
when we arrived in Hadley, MA we were informed that they had

encountered severe storms earlier with high winds causing power loss and
hail.

Had we not been lost and delayed, we would have been in the middle of the
storm.

- Day 3: As Ronna and I were departing the Portland airport, a car (the car drove
around another car who was stopped, waiting for us to turn) drove in front of
us as we were making a slow speed turn, and as I hit the brakes to avoid a
collision, the bike went down.
A man jumped out of his car and up righted the bike - with Ronna and I still
on it! No one was hurt and no damage to the bike.

- Day 4: While we were in the motel at Bangor we met a man from New Brunswick.
We told him that we planned on staying at Melrose, NB the next night. He
told us that there was nothing at Melrose and that we should stay at
Shediac, NB.
The next evening we stayed in a nice two-bedroom chalet in Shediac!

- Day 6: Alan had a nail in his rear tire, and had to plug the tire before we departed.
Once we departed, a few miles down the road was a serious accident which
we could have been in if we had not been delayed by the tire!

- Day 16: While traveling from Wolfville to Walton, we made a wrong turn and were
turning around when a woman stopped and ask us where we were headed.
She told us to continue on the road we had turned on as the road we had
planned to travel was "the worst road in Nova Scotia and definitely not fit
for motorcycle travel!"

The four of us are extremely grateful for the opportunity to have made this trip and see another small portion of God's beautiful creation we call the world.

Jacksonville, SC to Augusta, GA

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Today, Alan and I, got off the interstate for a while and rode down some not so highly traveled roads. It was an extremely hot (around 90 degrees) and very humid day. When we arrived at Florence, SC we got back on I-20 to head West toward Atlanta. After a while, it started to rain but we didn't stop to put on rain gear as the rain was such a relief from the heat. It was 92 degrees before it started raining and dropped to 77 degrees while the storm passed. After riding through the storm, the temperature rose again - to 97 degrees! We stopped for the day at Augusta, GA,

Cedar Island and Jacksonville, NC

We had a leisurely morning as we were scheduled on the 10:30 AM ferry to Cedar Island (Outer Banks Of North Carolina). We arrived at the ferry terminal about 9:30 AM and placed our bikes first in line for boarding. At 10:30, we boarded and departed for our 2 hour trip to Cedar Island.

We disembarked and rode to the end of the island and then rode inland for ninety miles to Jacksonville, NC to spend the night.

North Carolina - Outer Banks

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This morning we retraced our route from yesterday back down to Hatteras via Kitty Hawk. At Kitty Hawk, we visited the Wright Brothers National Memorial.

They Taught the World to Fly!
Wind, sand, and a dream of flight brought Wilbur and Orville Wright to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina where, after four years of experimentation, they achieved the first successful airplane flights in 1903. With courage and perseverance, these self-taught engineers relied on teamwork and application of the scientific process. What they achieved changed our world forever.


It was a very interesting and informative visit.

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Next we arrived at Cape Hatteras just in time to catch the ferry to Ocracoke, NC on the outer banks. We rode down the island to the next ferry which crosses to Cedar Island. However, the ferry was already booked for the day, so we decided to get a room and stay at Ocracoke for the night.

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The Chesapeake Bay

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Ronna and Janet, we really missed you today . . . . especially tonight - at the laundromat!

Today we departed Lewes, DE and rode through Delaware, Maryland and Virginia enroute to Hatteras. At Cape Charles, VA, we took the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel structure which connects Virginia's Eastern Shore with the Virginia mainland at Virginia Beach near Norfolk.



When we arrived in the Cape Hatteras area, there were no motel rooms to be had, so we had to back track 35 miles to Elizabeth City, NC to find lodging.

Rhode Island and Delaware

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We rode today from Danbury, CT to Lewes, DE. We rode through Rhode Island and Delaware which means that Alan has ridden his motorcycle in 49 of the 50 states, with Hawaii left to do.

Post tour note: In two years, I have ridden my Goldwing 22,000 miles, through 35 states and three Canadian Provinces.

The Ladies Fly Home

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Today we said our goodbyes to the ladies as they are flying from Portland, Me, home to Atlanta. As always, the trip went fast.

Alan and I departed Portland for the ride home. We stopped for the night at Danbury, CT. The day was mostly interstate riding and it was slow moving at times due to traffic congestion. We had 12 miles of stop and go while skirting the edge of Philadalphia.

No pictures today. If you've seen one interstate, you've seen them all.